This Week (1 June) At Se7en…

Can it be June – already? So soon? Here is our calendar for the week… with links galore – have fun!!!

Firstly the Calendar Collection:

• Scholastic.
• KinderArt.
• About.com’s Calendar.
• Crayola.com
• Enchanted Learning.
• Reading Activity Calendar.
• Teacher Vision.

Here is our weekly picture celebrating Hood #8, sometimes a man has to overcome a lot of chins…

And here are a few links for this week:

• 2 June: Radio Patented in 1896
  • History of the radio for kids from Kidszone.
  • History of Radio from Kids.Net.Au.
  • More about the inventors of radio from About.com



• 3 June: First U.S. Space Walk(1965)
  • Image of the Walk from NASA.
  • A collection of images from NASA.
  • More from NASA.

• 4 June: Aesop’s Birthday
  • A Biography from Fairy tales Collection.
  • A couple of Fables for kids to read.
  • Aesop from Mr. Donn.
  • A list of a Aesop stories online.
  • A Couple of Activities from DLTK.



• 4 June: First Ford built in 1896
  • A biography.
  • Love the Quick Facts!
  • A Timeline
  • Lesson plan and quiz.
  • Biography and worksheets for kids from Garden of Praise.

• 5 June: Donut Day
  • Se7en make donuts and koeksisters.
  • The meaning and background to donut day.
  • We are going to have to try these!
  • A list of endless donut recipes!
  • Last link: recipe and background from Dana McCauley

• 5 June: First Hot Air Balloon Flight 1783
  • Hot Air Balloon Timeline.
  • How a Hot Air Balloon Works from How Stuff Works.
  • Early history of flight from About.com



• 5 June: Gingerbread Day
  • Se7en’s Gingerbread Cookie Recipe.
  • Annie’s Gingerbread Page.
  • Luvzbluez’s Gingerbread Page has a bit of everything.
  • Gingerbread House Recipe’s
  • Gingerbread Projects from About.com

• 5 June: Richard Scarry’s Birthday
  • You can’t beat Squidoo for completeness.
  • Brilliant Biography from Rotten.com
  • Just look at this list of titles from Random House.
  • Bits and bobs from Sterling Publishing.



• 5 June: World Environment Day
  • The Official World Environment Site – from UNEP.
  • UNEP have a user friendly list of tips.
  • World Environment Day for kids – you can click through to their activities.
  • You can’t beat Kaboose for crafts and activities.
  • ReplayGround – “a making things from recycling” blog I follow.



• 6 June 1944: D-Day
  • Untold Stories of D-Day from National Geographic.
  • D-Day from PBS.
  • Heaps of links from the D-Day Museum.
• 6 June: Yo Yo Day
  • History of Yo-Yo’s from Spintastics.
  • Yo-Yo Day from How Stuff Works.
  • Yo-Yo Day… and some trivia, from holiday insights.
  • Worksheets and lesson plans about yo-yo’s!!!

That’s us – have a great week!!!